diff --git a/core-buffer/include/BufferUtils.hpp b/core-buffer/include/BufferUtils.hpp
index 37f9f62..5216a2d 100644
--- a/core-buffer/include/BufferUtils.hpp
+++ b/core-buffer/include/BufferUtils.hpp
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ namespace BufferUtils
             const std::string& filename_to_write);
 
     void create_destination_folder(const std::string& output_file);
+
+    void* bind_socket(
+            void* ctx, const std::string& detector_name, const int source_id);
+    void* connect_socket(
+            void* ctx, const std::string& detector_name, const int source_id);
 }
 
 #endif //BUFFER_UTILS_HPP
diff --git a/core-buffer/include/buffer_config.hpp b/core-buffer/include/buffer_config.hpp
index 2f1f662..73c97b5 100644
--- a/core-buffer/include/buffer_config.hpp
+++ b/core-buffer/include/buffer_config.hpp
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ namespace buffer_config {
     const int BUFFER_UDP_US_TIMEOUT = 2 * 1000;
     // HWM for live stream from buffer.
     const int BUFFER_ZMQ_SNDHWM = 100;
+    // HWM for live stream from buffer.
+    const int BUFFER_ZMQ_RCVHWM = 100;
     // IPC address of the live stream.
     const std::string BUFFER_LIVE_IPC_URL = "ipc:///tmp/sf-live-";
     // Number of image slots in ram buffer - 10 seconds should be enough
diff --git a/core-buffer/src/BufferUtils.cpp b/core-buffer/src/BufferUtils.cpp
index c2a60a4..a7346aa 100644
--- a/core-buffer/src/BufferUtils.cpp
+++ b/core-buffer/src/BufferUtils.cpp
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 #include <sstream>
 #include <buffer_config.hpp>
+#include <zmq.h>
 
 using namespace std;
+using namespace buffer_config;
 
 string BufferUtils::get_filename(
         std::string detector_folder,
@@ -60,4 +62,63 @@ void BufferUtils::create_destination_folder(const string& output_file)
         string create_folder_command("mkdir -p " + output_folder);
         system(create_folder_command.c_str());
     }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+void* BufferUtils::connect_socket(
+        void* ctx, const string& detector_name, const int source_id)
+{
+    string ipc_address = BUFFER_LIVE_IPC_URL +
+                         detector_name + "-" +
+                         to_string(source_id);
+
+    void* socket = zmq_socket(ctx, ZMQ_SUB);
+    if (socket == nullptr) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    int rcvhwm = BUFFER_ZMQ_RCVHWM;
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_RCVHWM, &rcvhwm, sizeof(rcvhwm)) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    int linger = 0;
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_LINGER, &linger, sizeof(linger)) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    if (zmq_connect(socket, ipc_address.c_str()) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_SUBSCRIBE, "", 0) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    return socket;
+}
+
+void* BufferUtils::bind_socket(
+        void* ctx, const string& detector_name, const int source_id)
+{
+    string ipc_address = BUFFER_LIVE_IPC_URL +
+                         detector_name + "-" +
+                         to_string(source_id);
+
+    void* socket = zmq_socket(ctx, ZMQ_PUB);
+
+    const int sndhwm = BUFFER_ZMQ_SNDHWM;
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_SNDHWM, &sndhwm, sizeof(sndhwm)) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    const int linger = 0;
+    if (zmq_setsockopt(socket, ZMQ_LINGER, &linger, sizeof(linger)) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    if (zmq_bind(socket, ipc_address.c_str()) != 0) {
+        throw runtime_error(zmq_strerror(errno));
+    }
+
+    return socket;
+}